Railroad-tie.



Patented Sept. 3, I901.

A. WILLIAMS.

RAILROAD TIE.

(Application filed May 3, 1901.)

(No Mqdel.)

m: u'uRms warms NITED STATES AMBROSE WILLIAM S, OF ELIZABETH,PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 682,01 1, datedSeptember 3, 1901. Application filed May 3, 1901. Serial No. 58,580. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inRailroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inrailway-ties, and has for one object the provision of novel meanswhereby the rails are securely fastened to the cross-ties.

Another object of the present invention is to construct fastening meansupon the crossties that will permit the rails to be easily placed intheir proper position and a construction that will allow the removal ofthe rails with but very little trouble.

The invention has for its further object to construct a railway-tie andfastening means that will be extremely simple in construction, strong,durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

The present invention further aims to entirely dispense with the use offish-plates and spikes; furthermore, to construct the parts in such amanner that they can be applied to curves, as well as straight lines oftrack.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts, to be hereinafter more fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, and in which- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a pair ofrails and cross-ties having my improvements attached thereto. Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional and a front elevation taken on the line 2 2 of Fig.1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 3 is a perspective View ofthe yoke. Fig. at is a perspective View of the wedge. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the locking-lug.

In the drawings the reference-numeral l indicates the rails; 2, thecross-ties, which may be either of wood or steel construction.

The reference-numeral 3 indicates a locking-wedge which is approximatelythe Width of the cross-tie, said locking-wedge carrying an inclinedupper face 4 and a shoulder 5,

The reference-numeral 6 indicates a yoke which encircles the end of thetie and the lower portion of the wedge. Said yoke carries an interiorinclined face 7, which corresponds with the inclined face i of thewedge. This yoke 6 is seated in a recess 8, formed in the underneathface of the tie.

The reference-numeral 9 represents a lug having an opening 10 formedtherein for the reception of the bolt 11, carrying a head 12, seated inthe recess 14, formed in the under face of the cross-tie. The said bolt11 carries screw-threads 15 on its other end for the reception of thenut 16 and which also receives the washer 17.

The locking-lug is formed to correspond with the inner contour of therail and is adapted to engage the web, the under side of the tread, andupper face of the base portion of the rail.

In order to fasten the rails, the wedge and strap are first placed inproper position. The rails are then arranged in proper alinement and thelocking lug turned so as to form a positive engagement with the web ofthe rail, thereby wedging the rail and retaining the same in properposition against the shoulder of the wedge. When it is desired to removethe rail, the locking-lugs are turned, as shown in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, thereby disengaging the web of the rail and allowing the sameto be removed from engagement therewith.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved device will bereadily apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of alocking-lug having a perforation therein adapted to receive a bolt,

the said lug having a cut-away portion formed adapted to abut againstthe web of the rail.

in its base for the reception of the base of the rail, of a Wedge-blockhaving cut-away portions for the reception of the under face of thetread and the base of the rail, and an integral yoke adapted to becountersunk in the rail-tie and engage the upper face of theWedge-block, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of alocking-lug having a perforation therein, a bolt adapted to secure thesaid 111g to the tie, the said lug having a cut-away portion formed inits base adapted to receive the base of the rail, of a wedge-

